The databases below allow you to search by author, bill, and subject, among other options. ProQuest Congressional allows for filtering by presdential administration, agency source, and committee source.
(1789 to present) Indexes congressional documents, with the full text of bills and resolutions, congressional hearings, the Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports, and more. Search tip: for Boolean operators, use uppercase letters (AND, OR, NOT)
Includes the full text of:
The Congressional Record(1789 to present)
Congressional Hearings (1824 to present), both published and unpublished
Committee reports (1990 to present)
Congressional Research Digital Collection (1830 to present), which contains over 26,000 committee prints and over 32,000 Congressional Research Service reports (1916 to present)
House & Senate documents (1995 to present)
Bills and resolutions, including profiles and tracking (1789 to present)
Public laws (1988 to present)
U.S. Code
Code of Federal Regulations (1981 to present)
Federal Register (1980 to present)
Biographical information & voting records (1988 to present)
Roll Call (1989 to present)
Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations 1789-Present
Only available to Davidson College faculty, staff, and students.
(1817-1994) Digital facsimiles of U.S. Senate and House of Representatives reports, documents, and journals, which provide a rich collection of primary source materials on all aspects of U.S. cultural, economic, ethnic, military, political, and social history.
This collection is part of the Archive of Americana.